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This Series Topic (ST) focuses on softwarization, management,
and their integration in communication networks and services.
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“Network softwarization” advocates for architectures that separate

the software implementing network functions, protocols and
services from the hardware running them. Propelled by the
maturity of technologies like Network Function Virtualization and
Software-Defined Networking, softwarization is radically changing
the way communication infrastructures are designed and
operated, enabling rapid and innovative service creation. “Network
management“ is about administering networks and supporting
their operations. It aims to integrate fault, configuration,
accounting, performance, and security management in the
network, to leverage  self-management, automation and
autonomic capabilities of networks, and to move from a “managed
object” paradigm to a “management by objective” one.

The key role that software and management are increasingly

playing in telecommunications is enabling unprecedented levels of
abstraction, disaggregation, operation, integration, and
programmability in network infrastructures and services. This
Series publishes in-depth, cutting-edge articles on state-of-the-art
technologies and solutions bringing together the latest advances,
innovations, open-source projects, case studies, research, and
development in Network Softwarization and Management.

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts in all topics within the

scope of this Series, including but not limited to the following:

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Main Paradigms and Systems for Network Softwarization and

Management

Management of softwarized networks.

Softwarization of network management.
Network Operations and Automation, Autonomic and Self-
management, Zero-Configuration Networking, Self-Driving
Networking, Intent-based management, AI-assisted
softwarization and management.

Architectures and Methodologies

Software-Defined Networking, Network Function

Virtualization, Service Function Chaining.
Network Slicing, Edge/Cloud-native Networking, Softwarized
network architectures/infrastructures.
Management and orchestration architectures, platforms and
systems including integrated management, policy-based
management, model-driven management.
End-to-end and multi-domain softwarized networks, multi-
domain management, green operations and management.
Network Programmability (Data, Control, Management,
Service Planes).
In-Network Computing.
Service provisioning and management, service assurance,
fulfillment and resilience, DevOps management.

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Security and Reliability issues in Network Softwarization and

Management.

Software Approaches, Resources and Functions

Network operating systems, network functions, cloud-native

functions, interfaces, deployment and integration with
software-based control, management and orchestration.
Microservices, serverless computing and new software
paradigms for managing and operating network functions.
New Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance and
Security (FCAPS) Management functions.
New telecom software and tools for Operations Support
Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS).

Modelling, Measurement and Performance Analysis

Performance measurements and evaluation, monitoring,

data analytics, validation and debugging for network
management and softwarized networks.
Network and service quality, performance, reliability,
scalability, elasticity, resilience, maintainability, safety and
security with guarantees.
Profiling and performance evaluation of softwarized network
functions/components.
High precision networking, management of cyber-networking
systems supporting physical/digital twins.

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Submission Guidelines
Manuscripts must be submitted through the magazine’s
submissions Website, Manuscript Central. You will need to register
and then proceed to the author center. On the manuscript details
page, please select Network Softwarization and Management
Series from the drop-down menu. Manuscripts should be tutorial
in nature and should not be under review for any other conference
or journal. They should be written in a style comprehensible and
accessible to readers outside the specialty of the article.
Mathematical equations should not be used. For detailed
submission guidelines please refer to the magazine website for
the list of Paper Submission Guidelines that must be followed by
all submissions to the IEEE Communications Magazine.

Papers can be submitted anytime during the year. They will receive
a review process, and, if accepted, they will be published in the first
slot available for this Series.

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